List of Jewish Biblical figures

Jewish figures from the Hebrew Bible

* Aaron, brother of Moses and Miriam, and the first High Priest
* Abigail, a prophetess who became a wife of King David
* Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, Judaism's "Three Patriarchs"
* Amram and Jochebed, both Levites, parents of Moses, Aaron, and Miriam
* Avishai, one of King David's generals and relative
* Avner, cousin of King Saul and commander of his army, assassinated by Yoav
* Avshalom, rebellious son of King David
* Bathsheba, queen, wife of King David, and mother of King Solomon
* Boaz, husband of Ruth and ancestor of King David
* Ezra, Nehemiah, Zerubbabel, prophets and leaders of the Exile (along with Daniel) and Return to Zion
* Elijah and Elisha, important prophets who rebuked the kings of Israel
* Elkanah and Hannah, parents of the judge and prophet Samuel
* Esther and Mordechai, Persian queen, and her uncle, saviors of the Jews on Purim
* Gedaliah, last governor of Judea appointed by Babylonians, (assassinated)
* Gershom and Eliezer, Moses and Zipporah's sons
* Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah (fellow exiles with and friends of Daniel) were thrown into a furnace by Nebuchadnezzar, yet survived "without the smell of smoke"
* Hosea, Joel, Amos, Obadiah, Jonah, Micah, Nahum, Habakkuk, Zephaniah, Haggai, Zechariah, Malachi, the "Twelve Minor Prophets"
* Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel, Daniel the "Major Prophets"
* Jeroboam, Nadab, Baasha, Elah, Zimri, Omri, Ahab, Ahaziah, Jehoram, Jehu, Jehoahaz, Jehoash, Jeroboam II, Zachariah, Shallum, Menahem, Pekahiah, Pekah, Hoshea, the kings of the northern Kingdom of Israel
* Jethro, a priest of Midian, Zipporah's father, and father-in-law of Moses, became a convert after Mt. Sinai
* Jonah, prophet during Kingdom of Israel
* Jonathan, son of King Saul and slain with him in battle, trusted friend of David
* Joshua, Othniel, Ehud, Shamgar, Deborah, Barak, Gideon, Abimelech, Tola, Jair, Jephthah, Ibzan, Elon, Abdon, Samson, and Eli, Samuel, the Judges who ruled after Moses and before the kings
* Saul, David, and Solomon, the kings who ruled the united kingdom of the twelve Tribes
* Leah, wife of Jacob
* Melchizedek King of Salem at the time of Abraham
* Miriam, prophetess, sister of Moses and Aaron
* Moses, adopted by Pharaoh's daughter in Egypt, leader of the Exodus from Egypt received the Torah, Mosaic Law
* Nathan, prophet in time of King David
* Onan, the second son of Judah
* Neriah a prophet, and his son Baruch the scribe of Jeremiah
* Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, Zebulun, Gad, Asher, Dan, Naphtali, Joseph, Benjamin, the "Twelve Tribes" the "Children of Israel", sons of Jacob called Israel. (Ephraim and Manasseh, Joseph's sons were also counted as part of the twelve tribes at times.)
* Rachel, wife of Jacob
* Rebecca, wife of Isaac and mother of Esau and Jacob
* Rehoboam, Abijam, Asa, Jehoshaphat, Jehoram, Ahaziah, (Queen) Athaliah, Jehoash, Amaziah, Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, Hezekiah, Manasseh, Amon, Josiah, Jehoahaz, Jehoiakim, Jeconiah, Zedekiah, the kings of the southern Kingdom of Judah
* Ruth, Moabite convert and ancestor of King David
* Samuel, last of the Judges and first of the Prophets
* Sarah, Rebekah, Rachel, and Leah, Judaism's "Four Matriarchs"
* Tamar, daughter-in-law, and then levirate wife, of Judah
* Yoav, relative of King David, impulsive military leader
* Zilpah and Bilhah, additional wives of Jacob, mothers of four of the twelve Tribes
* Zipporah, Moses' wife, daughter of Jethro, a convert

Jewish figures from the Christian Bible
* Jesus of Nazareth
* Mary, mother of Jesus
* Joseph, carpenter by trade and spouse of Mary

ee also

*List of burial places of biblical figures